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Testimony of Meir Maxmilian Bier, born in Cologne, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child living in hiding, Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen camps

Testimony

Testimony of Meir Maxmilian Bier, born in Cologne, 1930, regarding his experiences as a child living in hiding, Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen camps Family background in Cologne; move to Amsterdam; family divides its time between Amsterdam and Zandvoort. Move to Bilthoven, 1941; deterioration of situation for Jews; move to Amsterdam; ban on Jewish ritual slaughter of meat; fear of the unknown; maintaining cultural life with help of the Dutch underground; dispersion of his family to various places; hiding with his brother in a small room in Dinxperlo; life in hiding; searches by the Dutch police;...

File Number : 10944

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Curt Rosenberg, born in Ermland Region, East Prussia, Germany, 1880s, regarding his experiences before, during and after the war

Memoirs of Curt Rosenberg, born in Ermland Region, East Prussia, Germany, 1880s, regarding his experiences before, during and after the war "Pictures from a Life. The Memoirs of an East Prussian Jew": Memoirs of Curt Rosenberg, regarding his experiences before the World War One, translated from German by S.F. Dorman - Life in the town; father as a witness at trial; not the best beginning at Evangelical elementary school; his brothers; Catholic festivities in the town; problems and celebrations at school; the new doctor in the town ran away with the local girl; Curt's ancestors; discovery of Zionist...

File Number : 9684

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English